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-amwhenumw

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-apwah

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-atigenhen

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-árupwun

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-árɨgɨn

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akunekune

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aosi kuri

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chasser le chien

bijak saranhi

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ewhan mapri

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v vas dormir

(Bislama) go silip

gɨwava

Fruits eaten when they turn yellow and are ripe.
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Example: Fruits eaten when they turn yellow and are ripe.

ia-kasipao ia kurimatao me

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iaremha

This plant is used to treat diarrhea in a baby 1-6 months old. The mother takes 4, 1" pieces and chews them, spitting it into the baby’s mouth 2x daily, once in the morning and once in the afternoon until the diarrhea stops. Sometimes if the baby is sick from a spirit such as a yam, taro or sea spirit, the mother takes 2, 1" pieces of stem and 2, 1" pieces of Acalypha wilkesiana petiole (Plunkett et.al. #3081) and chews the two species together and spits on the affected baby, telling the spirit to "go away and leave the baby alone.
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Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea in a baby 1-6 months old. The mother takes 4, 1" pieces and chews them, spitting it into the baby’s mouth 2x daily, once in the morning and once in the afternoon until the diarrhea stops. Sometimes if the baby is sick from a spirit such as a yam, taro or sea spirit, the mother takes 2, 1" pieces of stem and 2, 1" pieces of Acalypha wilkesiana petiole (Plunkett et.al. #3081) and chews the two species together and spits on the affected baby, telling the spirit to "go away and leave the baby alone.

iermɨnu

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ipwet

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kakros

Periplaneta americana https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82231-Periplaneta-americana
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karang

karang
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kararɨg feimanu

House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".
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Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

kareikɨpwier

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kasusu

Young specimen of brown fungus. Photo by K. David Harrison, Oct. 2016
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Example: Young specimen of brown fungus. Photo by K. David Harrison, Oct. 2016

kausɨrɨp

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kisup

Charonia tritonis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121741-Charonia-tritonis

Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

konianaker

Epinephelus chlorostigma http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-chlorostigma.html
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Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

konianaker

Epinephelus ongus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-ongus.html
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Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

koseris

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(Bislama) pima

kuanasenash

For the kastom ceremonies, this can provide the face paint color yellow. Cut open the ripe fruit and paint directly with this. Prior to artificial colors, people used this for yellow and Bixa orellana for red to paint faces and skin.
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Example: For the kastom ceremonies, this can provide the face paint color yellow. Cut open the ripe fruit and paint directly with this. Prior to artificial colors, people used this for yellow and Bixa orellana for red to paint faces and skin.

kumháu

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kupan

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kurimatau

kurimatau
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kusan

kusan
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kwanari

kwanari
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kwaninihi

The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to  make a local broom.
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Example: The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to make a local broom.

kwareren akuang

The stem of this plant is a hollow tube, its local name means "inside out." When a person sings a kaostum song, they chew the stem and it is said to give the person a "big" voice. It also helps a person shout and sing loud as it helps to clear the throat.
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Example: The stem of this plant is a hollow tube, its local name means "inside out." When a person sings a kaostum song, they chew the stem and it is said to give the person a "big" voice. It also helps a person shout and sing loud as it helps to clear the throat.

kweiei

Ctenochaetus striatus
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kwipehe

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kwopun

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l’endroit, le lieu

kɨpiesi

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mariveia

mariveia
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meri

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soleil

mɨkɨm

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namari

Photo by Martial Wahe
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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

namatamai

Lethrinus miniatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-miniatus.html
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namatamai

Lethrinus obsoletus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-obsoletus.html
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nanghervk

When this plant flowers, people hunt flying fox as they like to chew on this flower. When you see it in flower, people know that taro is ready to be harvested.
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Example: When this plant flowers, people hunt flying fox as they like to chew on this flower. When you see it in flower, people know that taro is ready to be harvested.

napriien

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nari afafa

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naripen

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narukwás

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nasar

Used for food. Boil the leaves for 15-20 min, fry them, or put them in the earth oven to eat. They taste very good.
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Example: Used for food. Boil the leaves for 15-20 min, fry them, or put them in the earth oven to eat. They taste very good.

natehi

Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.
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Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.

naties

To treat a cut or sore, collect leaves, bruise by rubbing in hand and apply directly to the sore. Whole plant dried and used as a broom.
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Example: To treat a cut or sore, collect leaves, bruise by rubbing in hand and apply directly to the sore. Whole plant dried and used as a broom.

nefweng

The wood of this tree is used for building houses. When a person has a large cut, chew the young leaves of this plant until soft, roll up into some of the same leaf, heat on the fire for 5 minutes, put the heated leaves directly on the wound and secure this with a cloth. To treat diarrhea in small children, parents chew the leaves and give the juice that extrudes to the kids, 1 teaspoon, 2x daily for 2 days or until the condition goes away.
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Example: The wood of this tree is used for building houses. When a person has a large cut, chew the young leaves of this plant until soft, roll up into some of the same leaf, heat on the fire for 5 minutes, put the heated leaves directly on the wound and secure this with a cloth. To treat diarrhea in small children, parents chew the leaves and give the juice that extrudes to the kids, 1 teaspoon, 2x daily for 2 days or until the condition goes away.

neknapus

The leaves of this plant are warmed over a fire and put warm on the legs of a person who is cold or has a headache, such as from a fever that comes with the flu. See 3076 for additional comments on this technique.
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Example: The leaves of this plant are warmed over a fire and put warm on the legs of a person who is cold or has a headache, such as from a fever that comes with the flu. See 3076 for additional comments on this technique.

nenha

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nenha

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newou

Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.
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Example: Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.

ngata

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nhamu

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niephirr

Photo by Martial Wahe
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nifar

nikiskes

Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.
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Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.

nikori

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nimriki taruk

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nipar

Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open,  boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.
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Example: Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open, boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.

nopi

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nui yasori

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[nui jasori]

nukune

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nukuruk

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n mon genou

numpéin

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numun

numun
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nɨkafai

Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.
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Example: Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.

nɨkafái

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nɨkweto

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nɨkɨnhi-

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nɨmirɨki taru irama

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n moustache

nɨpokpokai

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nɨrái

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nɨsese

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pawpawuk pitew

Hypolimnas bolina

peha

peha
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pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus erythracanthus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-erythracanthus.html
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pitoga

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ramawisau

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Example: awareness of health or church gospel

ramrɨmera

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reia

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[ʰreja]

rihing-keu

This tree is poisonous to goats, cattle-if they eat it they will die. The wood is used to make rafters for houses as well as burned as firewood.
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Example: This tree is poisonous to goats, cattle-if they eat it they will die. The wood is used to make rafters for houses as well as burned as firewood.

rini

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Rukwinao ia nirak

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n mes cordes vocales

semanu

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Example: Is used only for making lap-lap

taku

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tarou yasur

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n cône de volcan

terɨg

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tesereng

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Example: There is a story that an evil spirit stole this yam during the time of the ancestors, taking it from this area to the other side of the volcano. Because the spirit took the best part of the yam, leaving the worst part, this one became hard to grow

tikináu

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tit

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tuwai

The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.
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Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.

warakou pshir

Aetobatus ocellatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Aetobatus-ocellatus.html
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whailu

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wipin napiran

Carangoides bajad http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-bajad.html
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yakamema

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v je suis malade.

(Bislama) mi sik

yakapri

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je dorme

(Bislama) mi silip